Big Dumb Idiot Moron

@MarkBrooksArt Oh, and they’re going to have to raise the retirement age because social security will be insolvent within a few years

Here’s the thing. We are going to HATE the next democratic president. Because they’re going to have to spend 4 years fixing our incredibly broken govt while figuring out how to restore our economy while mending nearly all our international relationships. All while addressing a country that’s basically insolvent. We got pilfered by the current administration so there’s entire systems that got wiped out while contractors and corporations got bloated off our tax dollars via special favors for and from Trump. This is going to mean higher taxes across the board and massive sacrifices just to get us back to neutral. Trump stole and gave away billions while wrecking every institution he could get his hands on. It’s going to hurt to fix them all and regain what we lost. This will all be while a restored justice dept prosecutes dozens of people in the Trump administration for massive corruption. It’s going to get very messy. I honestly don’t know how they’ll be able to do it and be able to win a second term. The majority of the country won’t understand why it’s necessary for their/our future.

@TrollColors @marcjoffe Translink’s operation costs per passenger available kilometer are twice as high as BARTs. Guess what? Their service is contracted out.

@marcjoffe Want to save BART: Privatize It.

I totally reject the framing of a no vote on the November transit tax as a wish for BART to die and downtown to be destroyed. We are already taxed dearly for transit and intercity rail in this state. A no vote is an instruction to spend the money more wisely.

@g_meslin They’re doing it in the stupidest way imaginable, all they had to do was build piers G and H as intended under the original plan. Instead we’re getting new Terminal 2

Seems like an appropriate moment to remind everyone that Pearson is undertaking a multi-billion dollar capital investment program that includes new terminal space to accommodate an additional 15 million passengers annually. torontopearson.com/en/pearson-lif…

@happiHD @foolishyangban There’s two groups of people: Group 1. Normal people who are content with Pearson because they fly out of Terminal 1 Group 2. Illogical people who hate Pearson with a passion because they fly out of Terminal 3

@foolishyangban the pearson hate is not warranted

Is Pearson's congestion/performance that abysmal that we NEED to uplift YTZ to the tune of $1 billion + displacement of people and waterfront?

@foolishyangban It depends. Facility wise, the actual solution is building Pier G, H, and J at YYZ. Runway wise, the solution is allowing parallel landings and takeoffs when conditions are good Access wise, expand YTZ

@mbmotr @aakashgupta Hell for me as a 6’ sleeper I genuinely already prefer sleeping on a 3 abreast economy row even without the mattress pad and gap fillers

@SenroMonogatari @aakashgupta I fly biz but, as a 5’3” side sleeper, it looks more comfortable for me even without little ones.

The most profitable seat on a 787 isn't in business class. It's three economy seats with a $40 mattress pad. I've flown the original version on Air New Zealand. United just figured out the math. A Polaris suite takes the footprint of roughly four economy seats. At $4,000 one-way on a transatlantic route, that's $1,000 per seat-equivalent of revenue. A Relax Row takes three economy seats, sells for $3,000 to $5,000 as a unit, and requires zero cabin reconfiguration. That's $1,000 to $1,700 per seat-equivalent with almost no incremental cost. The margins on a mattress pad and adjustable leg rests versus a lie-flat suite with a privacy door, dedicated galley, and premium meal service aren't even comparable. Air New Zealand proved this in 2011. Called it Skycouch. Same seat. Same concept. Fifteen years of booking data showing parents choose flat over reclined at almost any price. United licensed the design and locked North American exclusivity. The timing maps to a ceiling in their premium strategy. United posted $59.1 billion in revenue last year. Premium cabin revenue grew 11% while economy flatlined. But there are only so many rows you can convert to Polaris before you've hollowed out the cabin. At some point you need the 300 economy passengers to fund the aircraft. Relax Row threads that needle. 200 widebody aircraft. Up to 12 sections per plane. 2,400 units fleet-wide on routes where families will pay anything to let a toddler sleep horizontal for 14 hours. Dynamic pricing at American willingness-to-pay levels on a product Air New Zealand sells for $200 to $1,500. Six fare classes on a single widebody now: Basic Economy, Economy, Relax Row, Premium Plus, Polaris, Polaris Studio. Each tier reframes the next as reasonable. They wrapped it in a plushie because "highest-margin seat in commercial aviation" doesn't fit on a boarding pass.

@MarioSvn07 @KeyMusicDaily No piece of media period

@KeyMusicDaily No anime has ever made me feel what Clannad did

Dango Daikazoku - CLANNAD Vocals: Chata Composer: Jun Maeda #CLANNAD Streaming 🎵 aniplaylist.com/play/clannad-e…

The economy of the entire Bay Area needs to fail and I want to waste 2 hours of my life in traffic every day because I hate trains and don’t want to pay a 1/2 cent sales tax.

@bscholl @united It has been for years now.

Unpopular opinion: Step by step, @United is turning itself into an airline brand worthy of love.

@scootykins They’re capitalizing on free revenue at a time when if the 1/2 cent sales tax passes, they’ll still need a couple million to close the hole. Let them cook

BART has about 2 years before complete and total shut down because they never returned to pre pandemic ridership levels. So they’ll make these weeb ass pandering posts hoping Gen Z train autists will want to join in on the fun. But that is not enough to be sustainable long term for a public transit agency. Phase 1 they’re closing multiple under utilized stations Phase 2 they essentially return the BART map to how it looked back in 1970, perhaps only operating til 9pm Phase 3 is a total shut down. But can you really blame scared shelter tech workers from not wanting to return? They’d much rather spend 50-60 on a Waymo than be on a homeless shelter on rails

@mattyglesias Meanwhile my UA economy tickets have dropped in price for years. Giving options to everyone is clearly a winning strategy

K-shaped airline cnbc.com/2026/03/24/uni…

@NickyFrank30 @zecat12386745 Then why did he gain senators are lost the least number of democrats in the house since WWII for a Democrat in the midterms?

Imma be real with you. If Biden had dropped out in June 2023 an Democrats had a spirited competitive primary Trump still would’ve won. The die was cast the moment inflation got to 9 percent and border crossings exceeded a quarter of a million people per month.

@Sigmundine2 And he still had a first term’s worth of accomplishments

That’s what Biden got, plus no transition and a trashed White House. And look at the thanks he got.

@Lib_Development it’s 500 bucks to get a months worth of travel to most cities in the US. It’s always been price competitive and if your destination had downtime overnight it was extremely effective

My observation is that the government shutdown makes Amtrak competitive on shockingly long routes, especially if you don’t count overnight hours while asleep

@hieywieyneue @Lib_Development Noise cancelling earbuds

@Lib_Development is there some secret to being able to sleep in a plane/train seat that i’m unaware of, because i’ve never been able to sleep not laying flat

@sassjenn @nowtoronto @TorontoPearson The differences between T1 and T3 are immense.

@nowtoronto What a joke. @TorontoPearson I have a physical disability, and their "best staff" tried to avoid my prearranged assistance through T3. I was told to get up and walk several times, incl. up a ramp to their people mover, and abandoned in an empty hall in my wheelchair for 20 min.

Toronto's two airports have ranked among the best travel hubs in North America ✈️ nowtoronto.com/news/pearson-b…

@nkulw *Very loud NPR All Things Considered horns*

Jesus Christ

@LyndonTucker @chemdawgrei 1. North River Tunnels 2. Fredrick Douglas Tunnel 3. Second Avenue Subway 4. Second Transbay Tube 5. Sepulveda Subway 6. Roosevelt Blvd Subway 7. Seattle Cross Harbor Link 8. Geary Subway 9. D Line Extension

@chemdawgrei what 9 are in front of it

this is easily the 10th most important transit project in the US of the 21st century

@alanthefisher @f4micom 90% of people in the city are thankfully not like this, it just feels like this because the 10% are the loudest. The peninsula? Different story.

@f4micom SF dorks are some of the worst, they are incapable of socialization without a tech purpose and they cannot fathom communicating with anyone outside of their specific sphere. Now Oakland on the other hand? Generally a lot better because it's more working class

so are SF party just the average bay area twitter feed but irl? i live in bumfuckville, europe, and me and my friends talk about sample cds from the 90s and ps3 games when we hang out so i am genuinely out of touch and asking